document.write( "Question 385766: Of the $50,000 that Natasha pocketed
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document.write( "on her last real estate deal, $20,000 went to charity. She
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document.write( "invested part of the remainder in Dreyfus New Leaders Fund
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document.write( "with an annual yield of 16% and the rest in Templeton
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document.write( "Growth Fund with an annual yield of 25%. If she made
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document.write( "$6060 on these investments in 1 year, then how much did she
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document.write( "invest in each fund?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #272865 by mananth(16949) You can put this solution on YOUR website! Of the $50,000 that Natasha pocketed \n" ); document.write( "on her last real estate deal, $20,000 went to charity. She \n" ); document.write( "invested part of the remainder in Dreyfus New Leaders Fund \n" ); document.write( "with an annual yield of 16% and the rest in Templeton \n" ); document.write( "Growth Fund with an annual yield of 25%. If she made \n" ); document.write( "$6060 on these investments in 1 year, then how much did she \n" ); document.write( "invest in each fund? \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "Investment = 50,000 -20,000=30,000 \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "Dreyfus New Leaders Fund-16% ------------- $x \n" ); document.write( "Templeton Growth Fund - 25%. ------------- 30,000-x \n" ); document.write( "$6060 interest \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "16x+25(30000-x)=6060*100 \n" ); document.write( "16x+750,000-25x=606,000 \n" ); document.write( "-9x=606,000-750,000 \n" ); document.write( "-9x=-144,000 \n" ); document.write( "/-9 \n" ); document.write( "x=16,000 in Dreyfus New Leaders Fund \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "Balance in Templeton Growth Fund \n" ); document.write( "m.ananth@hotmail.ca \n" ); document.write( " |